On 28.02.2004 8:26 Uhr, d. collins wrote > Mark D Lew �crit: >> Following your logic, the final consonant of should also come after the >> extension - since the extension is necessarily sung on a vowel. >> >> Huh?? I don't see how this has anything to do with punctuation. > > Well, the logic of having the punctuation after the extension is based on > the fact that the punctuation should come only once you've finished singing > the syllable. Pushing that "logic" step further, the last consonant should > come after you've finished singing the vowel(s), i.e. at the end of the > syllable also, just before the punctuation, and after the extension. I > don't recommend doing this, but was simply trying to point out that there > are many things in music notation that don't obey to logic, but rather to > usage. On top of which, regardless of any "logical" considerations, letting > singers wait until the end of the extension to discover if they have any > kind of punctuation sign to express is not helping them, on the contrary. > In some cases, this might mean they'll discover, say, a question mark, > after a page turn...
Although you are probably right that punctuation after the Word Extensions is not always ideal, Finale should be able to do this. Since TGTools seems to have this function, if anyone knows how it works please share this with us. I have no idea. Johannes -- http://www.musikmanufaktur.com http://www.camerata-berolinensis.de _______________________________________________ Finale mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
